# 참고로 민구홍은…

Born March 5, 1985. I received formal Montessori education in 1989, around the age of five. I first encountered a computer, a Macintosh LC, in 1991, around the age of seven, and made my first website for a dear friend in 1995, around the age of eleven. I studied literature and linguistics at Chung-Ang University and computer programming at the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) in the US (though I prefer to call it “literature and linguistics in a narrow sense,” or simply “poetic computation”), and learned various practical skills, including knot tying, ikebana, and design, through Google. I worked as a researcher in Professor Ahn Sang-soo’s laboratory at Hongik University (also known as “Wing House”) (despite the title, there was hardly any work to do). After working in the Publishing Division at Ahn Graphics, I work as an editor, designer, and programmer at Workroom (though I try to stick to “editor”: I still have plenty of business cards bearing that title, and all three jobs require thorough editorship), planning books such as Practical Books and Ametora and building websites large and small. Meanwhile, I run the one-person company Min Guhong Manufacturing. (Min Guhong Manufacturing, which lives parasitically on its operator’s workplace, works alone or with institutions, organizations, businesses, and individuals inside and outside art and design, focusing on introducing the company itself in various ways. This gives form to the precious and beautiful desire to introduce oneself that underlies all productive activity.) I discuss and teach coding from the perspective of “practical yet conceptual writing” at New Order, a self-described “cultural course for modern people.” I have given lectures and workshops large and small at Kaywon University of Art and Design, Asia Culture Center, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Kookmin University, Nanji Art Studio, The Book Society, Tokyo University of the Arts, Studio Pie, Workroom, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul National University, the University of Seoul, Chwimiga, Fruitful School, Hongik University, Korea National University of Arts, and whatreallymatters, among others. I teach at Paju Typography Institute, whose founding I also took part in. Books I have written include New Order (Mediabus, 2019). Books I have translated include Forget All the Rules About Graphic Design. Including the Ones in This Book. (Studio Ghost, 2017). Wigo invited me to write Anyway, HTML, but it never made it to publication. My favorite fruits, in order of size, are watermelon, melon, peach, fig, and cherry. Since 2021, I have been active as a member of Aurora, formed with Kim Hyungjin and Yoon Yulli.

![“Frequently Asked Questions”, 2015–. “Introducing ourselves is something we must do, and will do anyway. I believe many stories can arise from doing that alone. This is why ‘introduction’ is problematic.”](https://minguhong.fyi/images/mgmfg-faq.png)
![“Frequently Asked Questions”, Design Press, Naver Design, 2021, Jang Youngju. “Anyone interested in art, design, or publishing will often have encountered the name Min Guhong. Running the one-person company Min Guhong Manufacturing while working as an editor at Workroom, he provides technical support through websites to art institutions such as MMCA, Seoul Museum of Art, and Art Sonje Center, cultural projects, fashion brands, and even an undisclosed religious organization and detective agency.”](https://minguhong.fyi/images/mgmfg-faq-naver.png)
![“Frequently Asked Questions,” Audio Visual Pavilion Quarterly, no. 5, Audio Visual Pavilion, 2022, Shin Jihyun and Hyun Seewon. “Issue 5 features ‘The Place of Korean Contemporary Art: Exhibiting/Working Online.’ It asks what exhibiting and working online restricts and propels, what it generates, and what it leaves behind.”](https://minguhong.fyi/images/avp-5.jpg)
![“Besides, to introduce the company properly, we need guidelines for writing its name in each script.”](https://minguhong.fyi/images/mgmfg-style-guide-korean.jpg)
![“Why Is ‘Introduction’ Problematic?,” 2021–. “And so the company is introduced in many ways: sometimes naturally, sometimes blatantly, sometimes unexpectedly, sometimes relying on someone’s fame, and sometimes like this.”](https://minguhong.fyi/images/why-is-the-introduction-problematic-1.png)